musthaveitall Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Fellow Reefers! Lets start with saying thanks to every one on here for having such helpful info! I think I posted a few pics of this tank before I put the Metal Halide on it about a year ago, well about 6 months ago the tank crashed and I just started from scratch. Well here's the info... Tank Specs: 24 Gallon aqua-pod (was PC) 175W Hamilton Tech. Single ended Metal-halide (1500K XM bulb) Oddysea Protein skimmer (does just fine for this tank and fits perfect) <AWESOME SKIMMER! Pump mod. (now Maxi-Jet 1200) Power Head (maxi-Jet 600) Started with DRY Aragonite sand Carbon/Purigen (sp) in the back Reef Crystals Salt Live Stock (corals): Live Rock (probably 20-35lbs Have lost track) -Fiji -Tonga -Marshall -Caribean Aragonite Sand Several Mushrooms/rics Zoas Candy Cane-like LPS 2 Frogspawn 2 Torch 1 Hammer Kenya TreeS (their everywhere) GSP & GMSP (their everywhere) Acro (still gaining alot of color) SUPER SHROOMS Blue Anthelia Pipe Organ TULIP ANEMONES!!! I HATE 'EM THEY ARE WORSE THAN APTASIA!!!! Stock (fish and Inverts) Pair of Black Percula Clowns Spotted Mandarin (10 months) Skunk Cleaner Shrimp Hermit Crabs (lost track) NO SNAILS! Now for the PIX!!!! FTS-ish Shrimp Cleaning Him self Frogspawn Cany Thing...???? Indigo Harry Mushroom CAP-all gone it grew to the point I couldn't clean the glass so i pulled it out Clown 1 Clown 2 More on Next Post Thanks For Looking!! Clint Link to comment
musthaveitall Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 Ok, Here's Some more. Tooth Galaxia GSP Some Green Spotted Shroom that just Came... Spotted Mandarin, She is doing so well but dispite what the books have said she will not eat the flat worms... Random Ric. Another Pic Of the Shrimp I am Still Working On this But here are some Semi-macro's I am using a Nikon D50 But We just got it a month ago and I am still learning how to use it... Any suggestions on how to do this, and if any one has this Camera please post some tips/tricks on how to best take these kinds of photos, also PLEASE let me know what you think of my tank-in-progress. Thanks!!!! Clint Link to comment
Lalani Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Great looking tank! How long have you had the mandarin in there? Link to comment
0je Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Good tank! You have bubble alg need emerald crab congratulations Link to comment
phases Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Holy crap. Welcome back Clint. Where ya been. Link to comment
musthaveitall Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 Lalani- About 2 months now she's nice and plump, she gets live baby brine+frozen omega and spirulina brine every day, I want to try a male but I am afraid she will kill him in the first 2 minuts he's in there... Oje- NEVER will I have one of those again, they just mess everything up, I spent like 3 hours terring apart my tank to get that thing out of there... Hated that thing. (snails too) Phases- Its been a wile like a year I think, I have just been very busy with school lately and i just graduated early and I am starting to take over the SW fish at the LFS and I finally have some spare time... So how has life on NR been anything changed? Clint (new addition for the tank will be a six line what do you all think?) Link to comment
quy_nquyen Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 nice tank! I cant believe you've been hiding the tank for 6 months Link to comment
musthaveitall Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 Well its kinda been a mess and I haven't had time to get out the camera... Clint Link to comment
musthaveitall Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 Phases- Pic is from Brett Shriver But mine came from His stock Pic Doesn't do justice like yours... Clint Link to comment
phases Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Phases- Pic is from Brett Shriver But mine came from His stock Pic Doesn't do justice like yours... Clint The red and blue ones are actually the crunch berries. I don't have a name for the yellow skirted ones. Those are really nice. I might try shipping when it warms up. The long trip in this cold would be death for sure. Link to comment
Laura6686 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 AWESOME Pics!!!!! I have the same tank and wanted to ask why you have no snails? Link to comment
musthaveitall Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 Snails just nock everything around, and I hate to glue stuff down because I re-arrange it so much... I have had them they just don't seem to do much I had 6 turbo snails and when I took them out I hardly niticed a difference, I do have 2 Nassarius snails, so I guess I shouldn't say I don't have any... There is a blue Anthelia at the LFS that I have been eyeing, Does anyone have one? Do they stay Blue? Clint Link to comment
Scott Riemer Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 What made you choose such a coarse substrate? Link to comment
Laura6686 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Snails just nock everything around, and I hate to glue stuff down because I re-arrange it so much... I have had them they just don't seem to do much I had 6 turbo snails and when I took them out I hardly niticed a difference, I do have 2 Nassarius snails, so I guess I shouldn't say I don't have any... There is a blue Anthelia at the LFS that I have been eyeing, Does anyone have one? Do they stay Blue? Clint Thanks for the information. I have two turbos and my tank is crystal clean, but worried as I ordered some zoas. They arrive tomorrow and, well, I am might have to take them out. :-( Link to comment
PSYS Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I really like the look of that tooth galaxia... have you had any issues with it not playing nice with your other corals? Great looking nano! Link to comment
musthaveitall Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 The tooth Galaxia is AWESOME! I have never seen it send out those long stinger tinticals like the others, it is very cool I wish I could find another like it... All I can ever find are the Green ones this one has green in the center but more of a lavender outside it has to be my favorite thing in the tank! I used the Aragonite because I had it... I really like it though, it really keeps the pH where it needs to be and ever since I started using it the Coraline algae has just gone crazy! Everything is purple! Even the hermits and the mag float! All I dose the tank with is Seachem Reef Calcium... Also the Aragonite is easy to suck the top layer off, and put a nice clean fresh layer in to keep it WHITE. I am glad you all like the tank! Any openions on if i should get the six line? Clint Link to comment
Growerguy Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Nice tank as well! Love the mandrin! Link to comment
musthaveitall Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 I just added a couple more corals, a 4 headed green hammer and a 3" piece of these awesome super green zoanthids with bright yellow centers, they are verry cool. I will probably post pix this weekend... When they settle in... Thanks Everyone for posting replies! Link to comment
bruce922 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 If your mandarin isn't eating flat worms what do you feed it? Bruce Link to comment
Paleoreef103 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Wow. This is a super nice tank. What kind of reflector do you have over your 175 halide? I have to ask. FTS? Link to comment
musthaveitall Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 Wow it been a wile! I have some new pictures!!!! The mandarin has been getting frozen and live brine shrimp. FTS 1 FTS 2 FTS 3 FTS 4 Side shot New green Frog Spawn New Green Hammer Started with one head there was more but I fragged it on accident... More on next Post! Clint Link to comment
musthaveitall Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 Clown 1 Clown 2 Red and blue tonga shroom- A.K.A SUPER SHROOM!! SWEET!!! My Big Fat Frog Spawn!! Beleive it or not I have fragged like 20 heads off since my last post! And I just did this to the back of the tank- I put a bunch of green stuff in there and the aquarium has done alot better (algae wise) I used a 13W Exo-Terra 2.0 reptile full spectrum bulb in the old tank fixture, it grows chaeto like no other!!! So enjoy!!! Sorry the sand is nasty and the skimmer needs cleaned- just small stuff THANKS FOR LOOKING!!! Clint Link to comment
janussolutions Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Great tank keep up the good work! Link to comment
konolua Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Looks great. The pictures make it seem like it is huge. Good job.... Link to comment
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